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To enact laws or pass resolutions by the lawmaking process, in contrast to law that is derived from principles espoused by courts in decisions.

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Congress clearly legislated against the backdrop of the SEC's current rule, and closely followed the SEC's list of prohibited non-audit services--even keeping the services in the same order as they appear in that rule. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 does not prohibit auditors from ... by Roberts, Richard Y. / Tax Executive More results

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Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant
Legibus sumptis disinentibus
Legis constructio non facit injuriam
Legis figendi et refigendi consuetudo periculosissima est
Legis interpretatio legis vim obtinet
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